Global Patent Index - EP 1331898 A1

EP 1331898 A1 20030806 - DENTAL WEDGES HAVING PROXIMAL ENDS WITH GRITTY TOP LAYERS

Title (en)

DENTAL WEDGES HAVING PROXIMAL ENDS WITH GRITTY TOP LAYERS

Title (de)

DENTALE KEILE MIT PROXIMALEN ENDEN MIT SANDIGEN OBERFLÄCHEN

Title (fr)

COINS INTERDENTAIRES A EXTREMITES PROXIMALES DOTEES DE COUCHES SUPERIEURES GRANULEUSES

Publication

EP 1331898 A1 20030806 (EN)

Application

EP 01992537 A 20011105

Priority

  • US 0146352 W 20011105
  • US 70718300 A 20001106

Abstract (en)

[origin: US6375463B1] Improved dental wedges having gritty top layers are disclosed that enable instruments to easily engage the dental wedges and position them between the two teeth. The wedges may have gritty layers that are positioned on their proximal ends through use of an adhesive or by molding techniques. Each gritty top layer includes a grit material such as aluminum dioxide and an attachment material such as acrylics.

IPC 1-7

A61C 7/00

IPC 8 full level

A61C 5/04 (2006.01); A61C 5/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61C 5/85 (2017.01 - EP US); A61C 5/88 (2017.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 6375463 B1 20020423; AU 2019202 A 20020515; CA 2427760 A1 20020510; EP 1331898 A1 20030806; EP 1331898 A4 20050914; JP 2004512139 A 20040422; US 2002055084 A1 20020509; US 6402514 B1 20020611; WO 0236036 A1 20020510; WO 0236036 B1 20020906

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 70718300 A 20001106; AU 2019202 A 20011105; CA 2427760 A 20011105; EP 01992537 A 20011105; JP 2002538849 A 20011105; US 0146352 W 20011105; US 89756301 A 20010702